Ruhs The Price of Rights

Regulating International Labor Migration
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4860-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Martin Ruhs is associate professor of political economy at the University of Oxford, where he is also director of studies in economics at the Department for Continuing Education; senior researcher at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society; and a fellow of Kellogg College.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ruhs, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Abbreviations xi

Chapter 1 The Rights of Migrant Workers: Reframing the Debate 1

- Aims and Approach of the Book 2

- Outline of the Chapters and Main Arguments 4

- Terminology and Scope of This Book 10

Chapter 2 The Human Rights of Migrant Workers: Why Do So Few Countries Care? 13

- International Migrant Rights Conventions 13

- Ratification: Record and Obstacles 16

- Effectiveness 22

- Migrant Rights, Citizenship Rights, and Immigration Policy 23

Chapter 3 Nation-States, Labor Immigration, and Migrant Rights: What Can We Expect? 26

- The Objectives of Labor Immigration Policy 26

- Constraints and Variations in the Migration State 33

- Three Hypotheses 39

Chapter 4 An Empirical Analysis of Labor Immigration Programs in Forty-Six Countries 53

- Existing Research and the Scope of My Analysis 53

- Indicators for Measuring Openness to Labor Immigration 59

- Indicators for Measuring Migrant Rights 65

- Methods, Data, and Limitations 71

- Openness to Labor Immigration 74

- Migrant Rights 80

- Summary of Findings 87

Chapter 5 Regulating the Admission and Rights of Migrant Workers: Policy Rationales in High-Income Countries 91

- Explaining Greater Openness to Higher-Skilled Migrant Workers 91

- Why More Rights for Skilled Migrant Workers? 104

- Explaining Trade-Offs between Openness and Rights 111

- The National Interest: Expected Impacts Drive Labor Immigration Policies 120

Chapter 6 Labor Emigration and Rights Abroad: The Perspectives of Migrants and Their Countries of Origin 122

- Migrants: Emigration, Rights, and Human Development 122

- Sending Countries: Interests and Policy Choices 134

- Engaging with Trade-Offs 152

Chapter 7 The Ethics of Labor Immigration Policy 154

- What Consequences Should National Policymakers Care about, and for Whom? 156

- The Ethics of Temporary Labor Immigration Programs 166

- What Rights Restrictions Are Justifiable, and for How Long? 172

- Making Temporary Migration Programs Work 178

- Summary: The Case for Tolerating Some Trade-Offs between Openness and Rights 185

Chapter 8 The Price of Rights: What Next for Human Rights-Based Approaches to International Labor Migration? 187

- Blind Spots and Unintended Consequences of Human Rights 189

- UN Agencies' Reluctant Engagement with the Price of Rights 191

- Reframing the Human Rights-Based Approach to Migration 196

- Open Debate 199

Appendix 1 Tables A.1-10 201

Appendix 2 Overview of Openness Indicators 217

Appendix 3 Overview of Migrant Rights Indicators 221

References 227

Index 243

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Ruhs is associate professor of political economy at the University of Oxford, where he is also director of studies in economics at the Department for Continuing Education; senior researcher at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society; and a fellow of Kellogg College.